Thematic and Stylistic Analysis of Mätshäfä Ziq through Intertextuality

Habtemariam, Amare Gebremeske

dc.contributor.author	Habtemariam, Amare Gebremeske
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-26T13:11:14Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-26T13:11:14Z
dc.date.issued	2024-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/16677
dc.description.abstract	The study aimed at conducting a thematic and stylistic analysis of Mätshäfä Ziq through intertextuality, exploring its intertextual techniques. Originating in Ge'ez literature over 1500 years ago, Mätshäfä Ziq is believed to compile compositions by Saint Yared, exhibiting a well structured form and diverse literary qualities. Drawing on intertextuality theories by Bakhtin, Barthes, and Kristeva, the research examines how the manuscript interacts with its intertexts. Intertextual techniques such as quotation, pastiche, paraphrase, and stylistic elements such as transfiguration, prefiguration, personification, and hyperbole are identified through close manuscript reading, elucidating their role in reinforcing meanings across different contexts. Employing textual analysis, the research evaluates the significance of embedded texts. It highlights how intertextual techniques honor predecessors, reinforce thematic and stylistic continuities, and illuminate religious debates and societal experiences. This inquiry aims to provide a reassessment of established views on religious texts, demonstrating their incorporation of literary and societal dimensions beyond the theological polemics. Hence, it would hopefully encourage scholars to approach religious texts through a literary perspective, suggesting the manuscript as a valuable resource of understanding intertextual dynamics in literary discourse.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	English Language and Literature	en_US
dc.title	Thematic and Stylistic Analysis of Mätshäfä Ziq through Intertextuality	en_US
dc.type	Dissartation	en_US